Section

[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR77.30-10]

[Page 91]

TITLE 46--SHIPPING

CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)

PART 77_VESSEL CONTROL AND MISCELLANEOUS SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT--Table
of Contents

Subpart 77.30_Emergency Equipment

Sec. 77.30-10 Stowage.

(a) The equipment set forth in table 77.30-10(a), together with such
other items as the master may deem necessary, shall be stowed in
convenient, accessible locations for use in case of emergency.

Table 77.30-10(a)
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Self-
Self- contained
Number of passenger contained breathing Flame
Service staterooms breathing apparatus for safety
apparatus refrigeration lamps
\1\
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Ocean and coastwise, not on an 0 to 49 ........... 1 ...........
international voyage.
50 to 100 4 1 ...........
Over 100 6 1 1
Great Lakes, and lakes, bays, and sounds. 0 to 49 ........... 1 ...........
50 to 100 2 1 ...........
Over 100 4 1 1
Rivers................................... 0 to 49 ........... 1 ...........
50 to 100 1 1 ...........
Over 100 2 1 1
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\1\ Required only on vessels equipped with any refrigeration unit using ammonia to refrigerate any space with a
volume of more than 20 cubic feet or with any refrigeration unit using fluorocarbons to refrigerate any space
with a volume of more than 1000 cubic feet.

(b) If a separate self-contained breathing apparatus is maintained
for protection against gas leaking from a refrigeration unit, it must be
stowed convenient to, but outside of, the spaces containing the
refrigeration equipment.
(c) Half of the remaining equipment set forth in table 77.30-10(a)
shall be stowed in or near the pilothouse together with a fire axe and
the hand portable fire extinguishers required by table 76.50-10(a) for
that location. The other half of the equipment shall be stowed in a
convenient accessible location, remote from the pilothouse, and
preferably adjacent to the main entrance to the machinery space. Where
only one of an item is required, it shall be stowed in the pilothouse.

[CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16953, Dec. 30, 1965, as amended by CGD 86-036, 57 FR
48324, Oct. 23, 1992]